The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-15
CaELSgANS GAGRlIED.
THEY ARE BECry xING ANGRY AND
THB .EATENIN6.
A xonst' ar Nuisance Half the Good
People Of Memphis Know
Not VI.

TIE good people OF Chelsea and
North Memphis are becoming nervous
over the dim outlook for sewers and a
thorough system Of sanitary work
They claim, ahd with q foe show OF
reason and logic, that the city Golfers
are always materially filed with lucre
gathered in from the Taxpayers oil that
portion cf the city, who in return get
com paratively nothing. Patient, long.
suffering, and with commendsble for
titude, they have watched their con.
tributions flow out for Improvements
In the heart Of the city, reasoning
that "our time will CONS EEK, and
those now being benefited will help 40
out Of the ditch" So far this con.
flding trust has proved celusive
snare, and rebellion is freely talked Of
The representative Ia the council
from that section, Mr.. Thomas ]. Ora.
ham, and his cosdjutor, Col. John ID.
Rand e, have lsbored sssiduousIy
for their constituents. At near.
ly every meeting the former
has propounded the ques.
tiop, full Of Garnet meaning, "When
are you going to sewer Cnelses?" Be-
fore halt was called by the grand
Jury In public improvements ray Of
hope was seen fitting lightly over the
reply, "This year, unlsss Q trace chain
breaks" This was short lived, brief,
temporary, % II were; Q change was
wrought; the hope has departed,
leaving only q skeleton to swing on
to; the citizens do not take kindly to
the situation. One Of them "let the
cat out OF the bag" yesterday In speak
ing OF q complaint from citizen, with
editorial comments, which appeared
In the APPEAL q few days ago. "Ths
gentleman who wrote the kick should
have moved south q square or TO, to
the interst ciion OF Mill and Main
streets. The sawdust lot filing against
which he and the APPEAL protested Is
not Q marker. / know all about lha' /,
and there have been only about twenty
cart loads dumped on the spot referred
to. But-Jerusalemi II nauseates me
every time 1 think OF it-go to the
head OF Main street and look at
the filling there, being done
by Williams 4 90. Cd lumber,
bark, sawdust and everything Is
piled up In confused hap, 10 decay
I and laden the atmosphere with the
most nauseous aud dangerous stencil.
Between the Second and Mill street
bridges there are tons upon tons OF
this stuff, one side Of the bayou being
almost entirely made OF It,"
"Why do not the proper authorities
aba,e the nuisance2'
"You can't prove II by mo. The fill
Ing process began about two years seo
aud still continues. Ihave repeatedly
spoken TO Mr.. MADDEN aboit IL, urg-
ing him TO order q cessation OF HOSTILE
ties, but he only says, IL 10 right there
at the sswmilla and can't be any worse
than they II strikes me there is q
vast difference, for the mills aye over
on the river bank and the refuse tim
Der floats down the stream, while here
Ii is allowed TO accumulate and decay.
After nishtfsll those OF u who are en-.
gagged In the city and have TO pass
that way In going home get full
benefit, the only wonder being that We
are not all dead. People living within
three squares 4 il can detect no other
odor on the breexs than that Of decay.
ipR timber. It's awful"
What are you going 10 do about
iY
Just wait and see. l don't care 10
let II become Known, but we're going
10 have q moneter MAS meeting some
OF these fns large days, and make
Rome howl itself Into q frenzy. The
American Public Health Association
meets here before many moons wax
aud wane, and we're going 20 drive
them over there 10 zee the Fights.
Won't II be q charming eight 81 Gee
thoee staid snd scienti6, tanitarians
with death grip on their nostrila
while viewing the points OF interest In
snd around the famous Bluff City
It's a mean revenge, bat then one OF
those saniifriAns rules this burg, and
will show his frA,ers how he does H."
Aud With look OF indignant deter.
mination the irate Chelse ,iie stTodc
away.
ATTEND the Odd Fsllows' Picnic a,
Esiival Park on the 2S,h.